Space Vacuum - Does not dissapate heat?

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I tested radiating heat by running a radiator type setup pumping hot water over the vacuum of space. This however does not dissapate heat at all. Which does not make sense. Has anyone had any luck with it? I feel like there is no temperature association with the vacuum at all. Will this be fixed at some point?

[SakuraKoi]

Thermal Radiation is rather unlikely to be implemented, ever.

[Falmingkitter]

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there is no temperature association with a vacuum, because there is nothing to be heated up. You're thinking of a different type of radiation, to vent heat into space you would have to pump a super hot gas outside

[Professor Bobo]

Originally posted by SakuraKoi:

Thermal Radiation is rather unlikely to be implemented, ever.

Thermal radiation already exists in multiple forms in this game. no idea what you're talking about.

Originally posted by Falmingkitter:

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there is no temperature association with a vacuum, because there is nothing to be heated up. You're thinking of a different type of radiation, to vent heat into space you would have to pump a super hot gas outside

What this guy said is true. While space is technically cold, there's no matter in a vacuum to transfer heat to, so simply putting an item in a vacuum does not cool it down. in fact, vacuums cause heat to stay exactly where it is.

[SamuraiJones]

As the Kerbals explained to me: "it's almost like there's nothing here to be hot or cold, so the thermometer's just measuring the ship. The scientists will have to think over this one."

[flashbacck]

Originally posted by Jesterpanda:

Originally posted by SakuraKoi:

Thermal Radiation is rather unlikely to be implemented, ever.

Thermal radiation already exists in multiple forms in this game. no idea what you're talking about.

Originally posted by Falmingkitter:

. . .

there is no temperature association with a vacuum, because there is nothing to be heated up. You're thinking of a different type of radiation, to vent heat into space you would have to pump a super hot gas outside

What this guy said is true. While space is technically cold, there's no matter in a vacuum to transfer heat to, so simply putting an item in a vacuum does not cool it down. in fact, vacuums cause heat to stay exactly where it is.

IRL, heat is radiated into a vacuum by electromagnetic radiation (infrared waves); but like others have said, it seems unlikely that this would ever be implemented.

[SakuraKoi]

Originally posted by Jesterpanda:

Thermal radiation already exists in multiple forms in this game. no idea what you're talking about.

No, there is actually only conduction and in a way convection maybe. Radiant pipes do not really radiate.

[Rhedd]

What's implemented and what will be implemented are beside the point. The most important thing here is that the vacuum of space is a TERRIBLE place to try to dissipate heat, no matter how it works. It's a major problem on real spacecraft, and if the game is going to be simplified in any direction, then making it so space has no effect whatsoever on the temperature of things passing through it isn't all that far from the truth. You certainly can dissipate reasonable amounts of heat into outer space, but it takes large surface areas in the shade and circulating coolant.

Space is far, far more likely to actually be a problem with heating things up, rather than helping cool things down, especially large surfaces like solar cells. Those are a real pain because they must be big and light absorbant and face the sun, but there's no easy way to cool them off.

[Nellvan]

It matters very much how it works, and it is right on point to ask wether that is implemented.

The one way heat can move in a vacuum not being in the game, I feel like that's rather important to the question.

[Borsek]

1. fill room with water/gas
2. have coolers in this room, and pipe a got gas or liquid through said coolers
3. Once the temperature gets too high, open the room to space with bunker doors. Easier to do with gas.
4. Once the hot gas is gone, close the room, and refill it, rinse and repeat as needed.